I can’t wait to ask the college class I teach about this one. Last night I mentioned I bought a song on iTunes and one student laughed out loud. Seems he likes to go the Youtube ripping website route for his music.
The likely consequence of building in an ad-free subscription service, however, is a higher ad load on the free service. In other words, just enough extra intrusive ads to tempt you into paying to remove them.
via YouTube: Susan Wojciki Confirms Google Exploring Ad-Free Subscriptions – Business Insider.